For only the third time in ten years, The Aircraft Owners and Pilot’s Association is calling on their 406,000 members to take action. The FAA is threatening to make the temporary Washington ADIZ a permanent airspace feature leading the way to creating ADIZ airspace not only in Washington, but in all Class B airspace nationwide.
“The […]
X-Plane finally has a decent installer program! I’ve long been a fan of Laminar Research’s X-Plane Flight Simulator. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, X-Plane has probably the best flight model of any simulator and reduces Microsoft’s product to “just a game”.
One of the big problems with X-Plane though was lack of an installer. Installation […]
Kim Arrowood is planning to make a little history by fling an ultralight plane from Maine to the Florida Keys. With a max cruise speed of about 70 knots it will take a little while to get there… especially while contending with weather. In fact Kim has rescheduled her trip (which she started a week […]
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) says tests in the Australian outback of its new supersonic jet were successful. The agency plans a press conference later today (Monday) to provide details to the press on the test.
The test plan included a model version of the airplane piggybacking on a rocket to an altitude of 20 kilometers, […]
Flight Design has announced that the Flight Design CT aircraft will have the Ballistic Recovery Systems parachutes installed as standard equipment on all of their Light Sport Aircraft in the US.
“Cirrus took a revolutionary step in general aviation when they made the BRS parachute system (CAPS) standard equipment on the SR20 and SR22 aircraft. This […]
Flight Safety Technologies demonstrated yesterday a laser-based device at Denver International Airport that spots wake turbulence, vortexes and other dangerous air movement near airports, and reports it to ATC and pilots.
But the device could also enable towers to group landing airplanes closer together. Because the system shows the dissipation of wake turbulence in real-time, […]
A wrongful death suit has been filed against Cirrus from an accident in January of 2003. The suite basically states that Cirrus failed to properly train the pilot upon taking delivery of the aircraft. The NTSB report cites spacial disorientation resulting in flight into IMC.
Let’s see if we can get some dialog started here. You […]
NASA has developed a robotic, electric-motor airplane that detects thermals. When it finds them, the flying computer shuts off the motor and transforms itself into a glider, riding the updrafts to take advantage of free lift.
Agency engineers recently tested their Autonomous Soaring Project at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, and found that auto-hitchhiking on […]
Currently there is a ban on flight below about 10,000 feet in china eliminating the possibility for general aviation flying. In fact, there are only about 300 civilian pilots in China. However that ban could be lifted as soon as 2010 according to the China Aviation Industry Crop II. The primary reason for the ban […]
Some people say they were born to fly… and others were born flying. That was the case of a baby girl yesterday in New Zealand. A rescue helicopter was called in to transport a pregnant woman to the Whakatane Hospital but they didn’t make it there before the woman gave birth.
He [the pilot] and his […]
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Written by Jarkko Haarala [email] for b5media.
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